1. State University of Santa Cruz (UESC), Campus Soane Nazaré de Andrade, Ilhéus, Brazil
2. Multidisciplinary Institute of Health, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Vitória da Conquista, Brazil
3. Department of Microbiology, Institute of Biomedical Science, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
4. Department of Comparative Pathobiology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA